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The ancient town of Emonia, Neapolis, Novigrad lies on a peninsula with well protected harbour. It says that here the Greek sailors had established their colony and the Romans the fortification called Civitas Novum. Once the seat of the diocese (520-1831), nowadays it is an urbanized green peninsula, tourist resort on the westen coast of Istria.
The town has developed on an island which was connected to the land in the 18th century. Novigrad has preserved its medieval streets, the old town walls and towers. In the old town there are a few gothic houses, the Municipal Loggia and residential palaces. Although the parish church bearing three names – St. Mary, St. Maximilian and St. Pelages had been restored in the baroque style, it has retained its Romanesque, as well as Early Christian fragments.
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